New Mexico Rail Runner and BNSF Freight Action in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM

A few months ago, I took a trip around the Southwestern part of the United States. I stopped in many locations along the way, but my ultimate and final destination was New Mexico, Albuquerque and Santa Fe area to be exact. Albuquerque is home of 3 railroads: BNSF, Amtrak's Southwest Chief, and the New Mexico Rail Runner Express. 2 of those 3 railroads are featured here in this video. The New Mexico Rail Runner Express runs between Belen, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe. I managed to catch it in the South Valley of Albuquerque, and a few times in and around Santa Fe. Nice K5LA's on their cabcars, and friendly crews as well. BNSF maintains a small yard in Albuquerque, with some really unique and old power. Only a small handful of trains run in and out of Albuquerque, with the majority of them running to/from Belen to the south. Belen is home of BNSF's Southern Transcon yard, and where refueling and crew changes occur for these long distance trains. A yard also exists there, with manifest trains originating and going to the yard, usually with some cool power! I did visit Belen during my journey, but a more in depth video will be released when I have a chance to revisit and get even more footage. I was lucky enough to catch 2 veteran ex-Burlington Northern locomotives in action, on a early morning at the Albuquerque yard. They only ran for 10 minutes, but at least I got some video of them switching around cars in the yard. The platform you see in the foreground, is the NMRX Lobo Special Events platform. It's a great vantage point and location to see the trains switching around in the yard, but unfortunately it hasn't been used and has been locked up for nearly 7 years. Watch in Full HD, 60FPS! Thanks for Watching! © 2016 MichaelLovesTrains Productions